Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito raised a red flag about the incoming Democrat majority during a speech at the Federalist Society this week, saying that Congress could shut off the lights at SCOTUS if they want to.
Democrats have been threatening the Supreme Court for years now, calling it illegitimate, saying they are going to impeach certain justices, and promising to pack the court with left wing judges.
There is every reason to be concerned and Alito is clearly worried about it himself.
Breitbart News reports:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reportedly issued a warning Thursday after the Democrat Party swept the midterms, taking the U.S. House and Senate.
“Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are many, many, many other things that they can do, or at least try to do,” he said while speaking to the Federalist Society during the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner, according to the Hill.
Alito also said “So, it is important to preserve the independence of the judiciary. If that is eliminated, then the Constitution as adopted in 1789 will no longer be the same.”
The news came after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested this week that Democrats were willing to impeach U.S. Supreme Court justices she claimed “legalized” President Donald Trump’s alleged “criminality,” Breitbart News reported.
Indeed, Democrats have long wanted to target the Supreme Court.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) in June said Democrat lawmakers were discussing expanding the Supreme Court and implementing term limits, per Breitbart News.
More from The Hill:
Alito told the crowd of more than 1,000 conservative lawyers on Thursday that the judiciary is the least powerful branch and it is “vulnerable” to Congress and the executive. Still, the justice warned that judges can overstep.
“If you think about a hand grenade, a 500-pound bomb and a nuclear weapon,” he began, “the hand grenade is the least dangerous. But that is not to say that it is not dangerous.”
The justice chastised lower judges at one point for sometimes issuing “unjustified” orders blocking presidents’ policies in recent years.
“They are dedicated and they are skillful, but they’re not perfect and they make mistakes,” Alito said. “And in some instances, I think they have gone far astray in abuse of their powers.”
Of course, Democrats didn’t campaign for the midterms on blowing up the Supreme Court, but they will probably try.
They can’t get over the fact that Trump was able to name three justices during his first term.
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